Introduction - Sally French PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON DISABILITY AND IMPAIRMENT An Historical Overview Disability and Impairment - Carol Thomas Disability, Disability Studies and the Academy - Colin Barnes Developing an Affirmative Model of Disability and Impairment - Colin Cameron Dependence, Independence and Normality - Colin Goble Reflections on Doing Emancipatory Disability Research - Colin Barnes International Perspectives on Disability - John Swain and Sally French PART TWO: IN OUR OWN IMAGE Disability and the Body - Bill Hughes Disability and Psychology - Dan Goodley Women and Disability - Alison Sheldon Men, Masculinities and Disability - Steve Robertson and Brett Smith Lying Down Anyhow: Disability and the Rebel Body - Liz Crow Psycho-emotional Disablism and Internalised Oppression - Donna Reeve Generating Debates: Why We Need a Life-Course Approach to Disability Issues - Mark Priestley The Representation of Disabled People in the News Media - Robert Williams-Findlay Disability Culture: The Story So Far - Alison Wilde 'Race', Ethnicity and Disability - Yasmin Hussain Who Is Disabled? Exploring the Scope of the Social Model of Disability - Dan Goodley Disabled People, Disability and Sexuality - Selina Bonnie PART THREE: CONTROLLING LIFESTYLES Challenging Barriers and Enabling Inclusion: the Role of Families - Dawn Benson and Sarah Keyes Disability and Childhood: A Journey towards Inclusion - John M. Davis Housing and Independent Living - Laura Hemingway Changing Technology - Alison Sheldon Communication Barriers: Building Access and Inclusive Relationships - Alan Hewitt and Carole Pound Controlling Exclusion in Education - Michele Moore User Involvement in Services for Disabled People - Sally French User-Led Organisations: Facilitating Independent Living? - Hannah Morgan Accessing Social and Leisure Activities: Barriers to Inclusion Experienced by Visually Impaired People - Donna Marie Brown, Pauline Gertig and Maureen Gillman, with Joyce Anderson, Cathy Clarke and Simon Powell Disability, Sport and Exercising Bodies - Brett Smith and Anthony Papathomas Disability and Ageing - Ann Macfarlane Disabled People, Work and Welfare - Alan Roulstone PART FOUR: IN CHARGE OF SUPPORT AND HELP Care: Controlling and Personalising Services - Sarah Woodin Counselling and Disabled People: Help or Hindrance? - Donna Reeve Developments in Mental Health Policy and Practice: Service User Critiques - Peter Beresford The Global Economy of 'Care' - Maria Berghs PART FIVE: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE FOR DISABLED PEOPLE Disability and Social Inclusion in the Information Society - Sally French and John Swain Designing Inclusive Environments and the Significance of Universal Design - Rob Imrie Genetics, Disability and Bioethics - Alice Maynard Disability, Death and Dying: A Rights-Based Discussion of the Ultimate Barrier Facing Disabled People - Bill Armer Hate Crime and the Criminal Justice System - Pam Thomas Human Rights in Context: Making Rights Count - Marcia Rioux and Bonita Heath The Future of Disability Studies - Alison Sheldon.